hound
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English honde, from Old English hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz (confer West Frisian hûn, Dutch hond, German Hund, Danish hund, Swedish hund), from pre-Germanic *ḱuntós (compare Latvian sùnt-ene (“big dog”)), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”) (compare Welsh cwn (“dogs”), Tocharian AB ku, Lithuanian šuõ), Armenian շուն (šun).
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NounEdit
hound (plural hounds)
- A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. (hunt hound, hunting hound, hunting dog, hunter)
- (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
- 1996, Marc Parent, Turning Stones, Harcourt Brace & Company, ISBN 0151002045, page 93,
- On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.
- 2004, Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0743486196, page 483,
- I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound, because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.
- 1996, Marc Parent, Turning Stones, Harcourt Brace & Company, ISBN 0151002045, page 93,
- (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
- 1915, Norman Duncan, "A Certain Recipient", in Harper's, volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 122, December 1915 to May 1916, page 108,
- "Are you alone, Goodson? […] I thought, perhaps, that the […] young woman, Goodson, who supplanted Mary?" […]
- "She had a good many successors, John."
- "You are such a hound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."
- 1915, Norman Duncan, "A Certain Recipient", in Harper's, volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 122, December 1915 to May 1916, page 108,
- A despicable person.
- Shakespeare
- Boy! false hound!
- Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me
- 'You blackmailing hound,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice. Anstruther turned pale.
- Shakespeare
- A houndfish.
- (nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
- A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
Usage notesEdit
- In more recent times, hound has been replaced by dog but the sense remains the same.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from hound
TranslationsEdit
dog
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one who seeks something
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male who constantly seeks the company of receptive females
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VerbEdit
hound (third-person singular simple present hounds, present participle hounding, simple past and past participle hounded)
- (transitive) To persistently harass.
- He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.
TranslationsEdit
to hound